Raymond Natter

Raymond Natter is Partner at Barnett Sivon & Natter in Washington, DC, where he specializes in representing financial institutions before the U.S. Congress and federal regulatory agencies. Previously, Mr. Natter served as Deputy Chief Counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), where his responsibilities included the development and review of all of that agency’s regulatory undertakings from 1995 through 2004. At the OCC, he also was responsible for the legal department’s securities and corporate practices division, bank structure division and legislative affairs office. He was a member of the Basel II Capital Steering Committee, the National Risk Committee and the National Risk Committee Steering Committee. Prior to the OCC, Mr. Natter served as a senior staffer on the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and was the Committee’s Republican Chief Counsel from 1989 through 1995. Prior to the Senate, Mr. Natter was Senior Counsel at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. He has written extensively on financial services legal and policy issues, and is often asked to speak at financial institution conferences and seminars and cited in the industry’s leading publications for his expertise in the financial services field. Mr. Natter received his degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his JD from Georgetown University Law Center, and his LL.M with highest honors from the George Washington University National Law Center.